The following lists events that happened during 1906 in the Congo Free State. King – Leopold II of Belgium Governor-general – Théophile Wahis Congo Free...
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The Congo Free State, also known as the Independent State of the Congo (French: État indépendant du Congo), was a large state and absolute monarchy in...
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1908, many atrocities were committed in the Congo Free State (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo) under the absolute rule of King Leopold II of...
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and the critics of the Congo Free State and its atrocities. Leopold was very astute in using the media to support his virtual private control of the Congo...
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the territory of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Prior to the creation of the Congo Free State,...
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over the territories comprising the Congo Free State, officially making the Belgian Congo a colony of Belgium. Colonial rule in the Congo began in the late...
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company that exploited natural rubber in the Congo Free State, the private property of King Leopold II of Belgium. The company was founded with British and...
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confirmed at the Berlin Conference of 1884–85. Its borders with Cabinda, Cameroons, and the Congo Free State were established by treaties over the next decade...
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Forminière (redirect from Société internationale forestière et minière du Congo)
was founded in 1906 under the Congo Free State, controlled personally by Leopold II of Belgium. It was founded contemporaneously with the Union Minière...
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The Compagnie du chemin de fer du bas-Congo au Katanga (BCK) was a railway operator in the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo and later in the Democratic...
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international recognition of the Congo Free State in 1885. By the turn of the century, the violence used by Free State officials against indigenous Congolese...
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The following lists events that happened during 1903 in the Congo Free State. King – Leopold II of Belgium Governor-general – Théophile Wahis Congo Free...
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Leopold II of Belgium (redirect from Leopold II of the Belgians)
the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909, and the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908. Born in Brussels as the second...
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The following lists events that happened during 1908 in the Congo Free State. King – Leopold II of Belgium Governor-general – Théophile Wahis Congo Free...
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It began in 1880 as a protectorate, and its borders with Cabinda, Cameroons, and the Congo Free State were established by treaties over the next decade...
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Union Minière du Haut-Katanga (category 1906 establishments in the Congo Free State)
operated the mining industry in the copperbelt region in the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1906 and 1966. Created in 1906, the UMHK...
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The American Congo Company was a US-owned concessionary company that was active in the Congo Free State and its successor, the Belgian Congo. At first...
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The following lists events that happened during 1905 in the Congo Free State. King – Leopold II of Belgium Governor-general – Théophile Wahis Congo Free...
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George Grenfell (category Baptist missionaries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Grenfell (21 August 1849, in Sancreed, Cornwall – 1 July 1906, in Basoko, Congo Free State (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) was a Cornish missionary...
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between the two regions stretch back to 1887 when representatives of the Congo Free State established contacts with the court of the Qing dynasty. The first...
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Enclave. The current boundary was confirmed further by a treaty of 9 May 1906. Administration of the Congo Free State was taken over by the Belgian government...
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The following lists events that happened during 1904 in the Congo Free State. Leopold II of Belgium Congo Free State History of the Democratic Republic...
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The following lists events that happened during 1907 in the Congo Free State. King – Leopold II of Belgium Governor-general – Théophile Wahis Congo Free...
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Alice Seeley Harris (category Activists against atrocities in the Congo Free State)
helped to expose the human rights abuses in the Congo Free State under the regime of King Leopold II of the Belgians. Alice Seeley was born in Malmesbury to...
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control of the concession to the Congo Free State in 1906. The Société Anversoise merged with Abir in 1911 to form the Compagnie du Congo Belge with a...
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Lado Enclave (category 1890s in the Congo Free State)
The Lado Enclave (French: Enclave de Lado; Dutch: Lado-Enclave) was a leased territory administered by the Congo Free State and later by the Belgian Congo...
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Belgian colonial empire (category Pages using infobox country or infobox former country with the symbol caption or type parameters)
– known as the Belgian Congo. The colony was founded in 1908 following the transfer of sovereignty from the Congo Free State, which was the personal property...
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commemorate the Congo Free State. In particular, it honours the Belgian 'pioneers' (soldiers) who brought 'civilisation' to the Congo, especially through the Congo–Arab...
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Congolese franc (redirect from Congo franc)
for use in the Congo Free State (1885–1908). After the Free State's annexation by Belgium, the currency continued in the Belgian Congo. The francs were...
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Ubangi-Shari (category Pages using infobox country or infobox former country with the symbol caption or type parameters)
part of the French Congo on 9 December 1891. Despite a France-Congo Free State convention establishing a border around the 4th parallel, the area was...
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